Word: blanking
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...turned his back on the formula of weak minority coalitions set by his predecessors. Instead, he appealed to all French parties, except the Communists, to join a "Government of National Union." It was a timely appeal for French patriotism, but as a political maneuver it failed. Socialists refused point-blank to sit in the same cabinet with Gaullists. Sadly, Paul Reynaud gave up trying. René Pleven, called upon next, refused even...
Except for a few blank shots and a wailing of sirens by the Klansmen, nothing much happened on that first ride. But the invaders soon came back again. They set up fiery crosses, and signed up recruits (at $4 a member). Then followed terror. In the space of a year, the robed riders struck more than a dozen times...
Brando's sleek, well-fed countenance clashes with his role of a down-trodden, land-hungry peasant. His sullen, unchanging expression and aggravating yes-no-ugh dialogue gives an impression of blank stupidity, and his occasional philosophical pronunciamentos seem completely out of character. Brando's Zapata could never be the leader of 40,000 men, the symbol of a social movement, or the hero of Mexican folklore--in short, he could not be the real Zapata or even a believable facsimile. And with its central figure reduced to such a nonentity, the tale of Emiliano Zapata becomes a trail...
Before a German army can march again, it must be approved by the Bonn government (many Germans also have misgivings), and by the other partners in the proposed European Army-France, Italy and Benelux. To win their approval, Blank is making sure that on the new German army rolls there will be none of the old familiar names-Guderian, Kesselring, von Rundstedt, Mannstein. "This army," said a retired German officer, "will not be commanded by anyone you have read about in the papers...
...German soldier will not have German uniform, but the same uniform issued to all the other troops of the European Army. Also, promised Blank, there will be no more goose step...